licencier, the regular term for 'disbanding' an army

Washington (1732 — 1799). In 1782 the malcontent officers made known to him their wish that he should assume the title of king. He stopped the scheme in the most peremptory manner. In 1783, when the army was about to be disbanded without satisfaction of their claims, his personal influence absolutely suppressed any unpatriotic action on their part. Of course Washington is cited as a contrast to Napoleon.

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1. 11. guides, 'fuglemen,' men just outside the ranks by whom the squad directs its movements. There is a distinct meaning of the word applied to a picked cavalry regiment, les guides, formed during the Italian campaigns, and revived under the Second Empire. There are corps of Guides in India, employed chiefly on the frontiers. See Rudyard Kipling's 'Ballad of East and West.'

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